| Additional Information: | 2024: Google earth imagery shows this building and the adjacent dormitory (buildings 110 and 111) were razed in 2019.
2007-
Building 111 is located at 6035 South B Street on the west side of South B Street at General Mitchell IAP ARS in the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It is a single-story, stucco-clad, rectangular-plan building that sits atop a concrete foundation, and is capped by a pitched flat roof with eaves that overhang the east and west facades. The roof fascia is sheathed in anodized aluminum. The building is pierced by modern fenestration. Rectangular awning-type clerestory windows are situated just below the roofline. Each window is set within a deep reveal, accented by concrete sills. In general, there are ten windows that pierce the east and west facades and six windows that pierce the north and south facades. Two metal doors are located on the east façade and one metal door is located on the west façade.
Building 111 was constructed in 1962 as a 50-Man Dormitory for the US Air Force Reserve (AFRES) installation at General Billy Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was designed by the Milwaukee-based architecture firm, Brust & Brust Architects for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Chicago District, the branch of the military that typically oversaw design and construction at military installations.
As described in the Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation, General Mitchell International Airport Air Reserve Station prepared for the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) in 2007, Building 111 has played a standard role in the history of the installation which has been home to the 440th Airlift Wing (AW) since 1957, a unit of AFRES dedicated to providing air transport and airlift for deploying troops, cargo, and humanitarian aid in support of national policy. In the 1980s, Building 111 was eventually converted to function as a mess hall. Similarly, its neighbor, Building 110 was converted to function as a gymnasium around the same period (Lavey, pers. comm., April 30, 2007). As a result reservists attending unit training assemblies (UTAs) were required to seek lodging in regional hotels. Building 111 has been altered over time, including a change in function. |
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| Bibliographic References: | AFCEE. Historic Building Inventory and Evaluation, General Mitchell International Airport Air Reserve Station. 2007.
Brust & Brust Architects/USACE Chicago District. "50-Man Dormitory-Building 111." Drawing No. 111-001. 1962. On file at Building 106 (Civil Engineering), General Mitchell IAP ARS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Lavey, Steven G., P.E. Base Civil Engineer, General Mitchell IAP ARS. E-mail correspondence. April 30, 2007.
440th TAW. "Revisions to Base Plan, Lounge Area-Building 111." Drawing No. 111-001. 1982. On file at Building 106 (Civil Engineering), General Mitchell IAP ARS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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